CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF RI ATTENDS PRESUNIV ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
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The event conducted at Polo Club of Menara Batavia, Central Jakarta, was also attended by many businessmen and businesswomen, as well as many great entrepreneurs in Indonesia.
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The Rector of President University, Dr. Chandra Setiawan, MM., Ph.D. delivered a welcoming speech in the beginning of the seminar which was then followed by another speech from President Director of PT.
The round table discussion was moderated by Dr. Chandra Setiawan, MM, PhD, the Rector of President University, and was attended by distinguished panelists such as Mr. Darmono Sudarsono, founder and president director of PT. Jababeka, tbk.; Prof. Dr. Juwono Sudarsono, former Indonesia minister of defense; Djoko Santoso, former chief commander of Indonesia; and Prof. Dr. Ermaya Suradinata, the former governor of the National Defense College.
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ANWAR NASUTION DELIVERS ECONOMIC CRISIS SEMINAR Thursday, January 31st 2013 – Jababeka organized a seminar entitled “Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on the Economy of Indonesia”. Situated at Menara Batavia, Jakarta, the seminar presented by an economist who was also an alumnus of Harvard University, Prof. Dr. Anwar Nasution. The seminar which lasted for three hours was moderated by Farida K. Ganiarto, a lecturer of President University.
hursday, December 6th, President University in collaboration with Jababeka organized a round table discussion with the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of RI, Prof. Dr. Moch. Mahfud MD. The topic being discussed at that time was about the function of the constitutional court and legal issues during the 2014 presidential election in Indonesia.
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At the core of the event, Prof. Dr. Anwar Nasution explained that the economic crisis in Europe, primarily due to the banking crisis in Greece, had spread to several countries in Europe, including countries that had bilateral economic cooperation with Indonesia. It certainly could affect the economy of Indonesia in terms of the exports of natural resources such as coal, because several countries in Europe were reducing their imports of natural products in order to save their state budgets. The event was concluded by a question and answer session for 15 minutes.
Friday, January 25th – a group of professors and students from Silla University, Busan – South Korea, visited President University to socialize with the host university’s students and to further identify key areas in which the two universities can collaborate effectively. Prof. Moon Jae Hak and Prof. Cha Dong Pil, both from the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, were also interested to recruit President University’s students and lecturers to continue their PhDs at Silla University under their scholarship programs.
During their fourth visits to President University, Prof. Moon also asked if President University was willing to participate in Korean Official Development Assistance (ODA) program organized by KEDI. President University and Silla University made to the final last year after defeating around 40 international universities in the process; however, both universities have yet succeeded and secured the fund from the Korean government due to some technical reasons. Both universities are confident enough to secure the fund this year. The fund itself will be used to develop the two universities and to support the students’ educations.
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